The Web goes dark for a day

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In protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act bill that's now before Congress, several prominent websites went dark on Wednesday. Among the sites flexing their digital muscles: vast online encyclopedia Wikipedia, online market for old couches and prostitutes Craigslist and technology blog Boing Boing, among hundreds of others. As a result of the overwhelming show of protest, the bill's lead sponsor said on Friday that the law would be taken back to the drawing board.

In protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act bill that's now before Congress, several prominent websites went dark on Wednesday. Among the sites flexing their digital muscles: vast online encyclopedia Wikipedia, online market for old couches and prostitutes Craigslist and technology blog Boing Boing, among hundreds of others. As a result of the overwhelming show of protest, the bill's lead sponsor said on Friday that the law would be taken back to the drawing board. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

In protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act bill that's now before Congress, several prominent websites went dark on Wednesday. Among the sites flexing their digital muscles: vast online encyclopedia Wikipedia, online market for old couches and prostitutes Craigslist and technology blog Boing Boing, among hundreds of others. As a result of the overwhelming show of protest, the bill's lead sponsor said on Friday that the law would be taken back to the drawing board.